By: Golf Monthly | Duration: 00:09:58
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In this video, Golf Monthly editor Neil Tappin is joined by qualified rules expert Fergus Bisset to run through what you need to do in the various scenarios where you might lose your golf ball. A lost golf ball can be a confusing situation if you don’t know how to proceed, but thankfully we’re here to help with all the advice you need so you don’t incur any avoidable penalty shots!
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Out of bounds 0:21
Declaring a ball lost 1:47
3 minute search time 3:42
Lost in a penalty area 4:59
Ball moved by outside agency 7:30
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Stroke and distance relief? Am I supposed to know what that means?
Ghats great
The pros always have someone find their ball, so I really don't feel too bad about 'finding' one that vanished in the short rough exactly where I saw it strike down every now and then. I don't hide it from anyone though, they're free to judge however much they like.
2 minutes to find a ball, if it can't be found I'm dropping one so people behind me can proceed. It is called courtesy to other players. These English players are anal retentive by nature.
No one cares, nor are they taking a 2 shot penalty you stuck up monarchists. Drop, +1, move on. Try getting a real job.
Or you can cheat like Trump does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN3EOFLyHDA
OB penalty is the dumbest rule in golf
These rules are so convoluted and draconian.
The USGA has a much better rule for out of bounds than stroke and distance. You can place your ball 2 club lengths in ti the fairway behind where your ball went OB, and take your 4th shot from there. Saves all that provisional ball and potential back to the tee time wasting nonsense
USGA needs tournament rules and recreational golf rules. Pace of play is terrible when bad golfers keep returning to a tee box or hitting provisional balls. Also when multiple people in a group are searching for 3 minutes it kills the round.
At the expense of my ego on the tee I try to keep the ball in play.
1:11 Unless local rule E-5 is in effect.
General rule, don't touch someone else's balls without their consent
Everybody knows you just have your caddy go out in front and drop the ball wherever he likes, and you can play it from there. If you don't do the deed yourself, it's like it didn't happen.
I played a lot of golf in Belgium with a great group of guys. Now this American guy had a set of rules that were quite “different”.
A ball in the rough or behind a tree could be put back in play without penalty using an American Foot Wedge.
There was no such thing as OB. It’s not the golfer’s fault that the Course Developer/Owners didn’t have enough money to make the course big enough.
You can’t lose a ball in water. It’s not the golfer’s problem that technology has failed to give us floating golf balls.
There were a load more, I have forgotten.
Of course we never played him for money, drinks or anything. We just let him play his own kind of golf.
In an everyday amateur golf game, nobody goes back to the tee.
lost ball? drop another and continue
I have never had anyone go back to a tee box for an OB ball. We should have a non competition rule that if the ball goes OB you take 2 stroke penalty and drop it within two club length of nearest it went out of bounds.
Adopt the local rule of hitting 4 out of the fairway from the line the ball went out following a tee shot that has gone OB!! No mention of this??!! Smh
Where did they find such a deserted golf course? This would be impossible anywhere near where I live. No way you would follow those rules outside of tournament play.
Some of this stuff may be ok with a bunch of reasonably skilled golfers. But if you are having trouble breaking 100 you simply cannot follow these examples unless you can find a deserted course like these guys did. I fear this video risks turning not very good golfers into a**holes that no one wants to play with and that gets reprimanded for slow play. It is good to know the rules, including the local rules induce for the round and in casual play agree with your group how you are going to bend the rules to keep it fun.
Golf rule nerds are why golf is dying – this is how you ensure every round is over 4 hours.
Considering tee times are 5 to 10 minutes apart, going back to the tee is a stupid rule. In a professional setting or a closed club event yeah all the time in the world but for everyday play. 2 club length play from where the ball went in and a penalty stroke
What if you lose a ball on your third/fourth shot?
The OB or lost ball rule to go back to the tee and hit another ball is the most stupid of all golf rules. It should be changed to dropping a ball where the lost ball was supposed to be found and continue playing with +2 strokes. This would quicken the game as endless searching for lost balls or hitting a provisional ball would be obsolete.
Golf is hard enough, no need to make it even harder with these rules.
As someone who has in just getting into golf and played in the neighborhood of 100 holes (yes holes not rounds), I'll look for a minute, find 6 balls from other players that have been abandoned, pocket them, toss one in the rough and start swinging towards the pin. I'm not here to be competitive, I'm here to have fun and do my best (to not hit any cars or people).
For a lot of courses you need to especially be aware of the possibility on holes 1,9,10, and 18 that a random ball in the fairway likely came from another tee. Also any other holes that run adjacent.
If a ball is in the bushes and you hit a provisional, couldn’t you declare the ball unplayable, take stroke and distance, then use the provisional as your stroke and distance shot?
Guys, do better. You have one job to explain the rules. You are not helping. It would be great to show a hypothetical score counting examples.
Quick Story… 1976.. Golf Course in Fairfax Virginia. A friend and I were on the green of a short par 4 finishing up. From the tee the 18th green was hid behind a dog leg. Well someone almost drove the green. A little right in the woods. I don't know why, but I ran over, picked up his ball and put it in the hole. Today, you'd film the reaction and put it on YouTube. But in 1976 we just ran to our car and got out of there., I was 16 and didn't want my ass kicked…… I'm 66 now and he's probably dead, but I'm sure he talked about his hole in one par 4 for many years……….😂
What ya do is buy more balls!
If everyone has to apply these rules then the professional tours should not have spotters!